aggregator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæɡɹɪˌɡeɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈæɡɹɪˌɡeɪtɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English aggregate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English aggregator From aggregate + -or.
Meanings
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Someone or something which aggregates.
An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers.
2013, Addy Osmani, Developing Backbone.js Applications, page 175:What we have seen in recent years is the emergence of the aggregator as the immediate customer of our traditional rail freight operating businesses, meaning that the future model is likely to feature rail freight companies with strong expertise in rail movement of freight, and aggregators with strong expertise in intermodal operation. Thus the final customer relationship (Tesco, Amazon, and so on) is increasingly likely to be owned by the aggregator rather than the rail freight company.
2021 October 20, Michael Holden, “Time for action... and a new plan to develop rail freight”, in RAIL, number 942, pages 38–39:
- (Internet) An online feed reader used to keep track of updates to blogs, etc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| aggregators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonaggregator · disaggregator · website aggregator
Translations (6)
ru агрега́тор (feed reader) · pt agregador (something that aggregates) · cs agregátor (feed reader) · pt agregador (feed reader) · fr agrégateur (feed reader) · ru агрега́тор (something that aggregates)